Bush Fire at Kitchener
The brigade at Kitchener was summoned yesterday afternoon to deal with a bushfire which was encroaching on several houses. The firemen were successful…
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Fires & bushfires, 1933
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Bush Fire at Palm Beach
A spectacular bush fire, which broke out near Broken Bay on Wednesday night, menaced several homes at Palm Beach Sparks carried by the wind set the roof…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Homes Menaced Bush Fires Round Sydney SYDNEY
Large stretches of grassland and bush were destroyed in the suburbs to-day. Since morning firemen have been working untiringly, and many good saves were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bush Fires at Kitchener Anxious Time To-day
With bushfires on all sides, residents of Kitchener, four miles from Cessnock, spent an anxious time today…
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Supporting Maid of the Mountains, the season of which has been extended for a further week at the Victoria Theatre, is Fires of Fate,…
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Tighe's Hill Fire Brigade turned out last eight to a grass fire in Islington Park About a quarter acre of grass was burned before the blaze was extinguished…
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A grass fire, which broke out at the rear of Dimmocks, Ltd., High-street, West Maitland, to-day, was quickly extinguished by the West…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nightmare Voyage Fire, Cyclone, Accident Freighter Helmspey Fremantle
The British freighter Helmspey entered port this morning after a nightmare voyage of 50 days from Sunderland. During the trip the Helmspey encountered a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Railway Fire Ill-treatment of Horse Heavy Damage at Bathurst Workshops Gutted Bathurst, Friday. Laborer Fined
In a mysterious fire, which occurred early this morning in the railway workshops at Bathurst, For having ill-treated a horse, Frederick Davies, a laborer, of Ada-street, Waratah, was fined 10s, with 8s costs, in default two…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Difficult Task Fight with Bush Fire
An army of fire-fighters, under Captain J. Fitzpatrick and Constable J. Hollis, had a difficult and anxious task for many hours yesterday afternoon in beating back…
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A scrub fire broke out near the South Maitland railway line at Aberdare Junction yesterday afternoon. Although it did not reach serious proportions, it delayed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sow For Winter Blooms Blaze of Color Iceland Poppies Are Popular Not Hard to Grow
Autumn time is iceland poppy planting time, and no flower garden should be without this popular and useful winter and spring flower, which, with a little attention, is easy to grow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mysterious Fire Workshops at Bathurst Estimated Loss £15,000 BATHURST
Damage estimated by railway officials at £15,000 was caused by a mysterious fire which broke out in the railway workshop at Bathurst this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →20 Miles Front Fire on Victorian Alps Property Not Menaced Melbourne
With a frontage of 20 miles, a big fire is raging near Moun Feathertop on the Victorian Alps, but there is no danger of private property being menaced…
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The Mayor (Ald. W. M. Shedden) explained yesterday, that, in first fixing the data of the conference with respect to precautions to be taken against bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Menace Victorian Towns Brigades Kept Busy Melbourne
Bush fires to-day menaced several districts of Victoria, and country fire brigades and volunteers were kept busy in preventing the flames from spreading…
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Proposale for combating the bush fire menace will be formulated at a conference at the Newcastle Town Ball on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Gippsland Areas Scenic Centres Are Threatened. Melbourne
Bush fires to-day threatened scenic centres in the beautiful country near the Strazleki Ranges in South Gippsland…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Blaze Near Melbourne Unemployed Suffer MELBOURNE
Three thousand acres of grass, and part of Broadmeadows Unemployment Camp, were destroyed, by fire which broke out at Somerton to-day, and swept towards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Alarm Trouble Inquiry Sought at Maitland
"Went Maltland Council will have before It to-night a recommendation from Its electric light committee, urging the council to seek an Inquiry…
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